
ARMAGEDDON—2419 A.D. - By Philip Francis Nowlan
CHAPTER I - Floating Men
CHAPTER II - The Forest Gangs
CHAPTER III - Life in the 25th Century
CHAPTER IV - A Han Air Raid
CHAPTER V - Setting the Trap
CHAPTER VI - The "Wyoming Massacre"
CHAPTER VII - Incredible Treason
CHAPTER VIII - The Han City
CHAPTER IX - The Fight in the Tower
A man from the early twentieth century awakens after a 500‑year sleep to a world he barely recognizes. The United States lies in ruins, its people forced into hidden forest enclaves while a Mongolian‑Chinese empire dominates the surface in glittering glass cities. As he grapples with the shock of advanced technology and a devastated civilization, he must decide whether to remain a relic or become a catalyst for change.
The story follows his uneasy integration with a secretive community of survivors who cling to the stubborn spirit of American independence. Together they confront a power that views the forest dwellers as expendable, testing ingenuity, courage, and the limits of science in a stark, post‑apocalyptic landscape. The narrative blends daring adventure with thoughtful speculation on how humanity might rebuild after cataclysm.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (156K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2010-05-26
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1888–1940
A newspaper writer turned early science-fiction pioneer, he gave the world Buck Rogers and helped shape the idea of futuristic adventure for generations of readers. His stories mixed fast-moving action with big visions of technology, war, and life in centuries to come.
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